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" Each album always has its own sound. "

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" Just when you think we're living in a little bit of a divided world, music brings us together. "

" I sang in a group for four years, and you just kind of get used to it. You don't really think about being by yourself. "

" My style has a lot to do with where I've been brought up. I've lived half my life in Puerto Rico and the other half in Florida, so I listen to music in English as well as Spanish. "

" Pushing the envelope, musically speaking, is what needs to be done to rise to the top. "

" When I make albums, I do a lot of songwriting but not necessarily a whole album. "

" That is the most important thing to me, what happens behind the closed doors in the studio and makes me an artist. "

" I've always said that inside of me there is a rocker that wants to come out, but I'm a romantic rocker. "

" At no time was I trying to write a crossover record. "

" I've learned and grown as a songwriter. "

" The beautiful thing about it is that 'Despacito' is not really an English crossover. It was just another song that the world made a crossover. I didn't really push it; it just kinda went there. "

" I treat every album as a new beginning, so I'm asking myself, 'What is pop music now? What are people consuming?' and I take these things into effect. "

" I am 100% proud Puerto Rican but have lived two-thirds of my life in the United States. So, there will be some things I write in English, but my main way of conversing with my audience is in Spanish because, at the end of the day, I'm a Latino. "

" I like to listen to other songs to get a different point of view and to learn. "

" I'm not a social singer. But if one can take a social message via the romantic, that's a strong statement. "

" It's important to stay current and fresh. "

" I block out a good amount of time - could be 6 or 8 months - and I just write. I do a lot of traveling, and I do a lot of co-writing with different writers just to start getting ideas out and kind of get a little bit of direction as far as where I'm going to go with the album. "

" As a songwriter, I go into the studio, and I just try to write a great song. "

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" I'm still the same guy who gets in front of the mic and just sings. "

" I'm going through a beautiful stage in my life. I've learned about love, about life, about everything. "

" I am very optimistic, and I always think positive, but within reason and never getting too far ahead of the game. "

" It's always morning for me until 4 in the afternoon. "

" When you're singing about love stories, which is most of my songs, it's good to have a lot of information and to have a different point of view. "

" The genre I listen to the most is salsa, so people look at me and see this guy who's done mostly romantic ballads, but there's always been this other side. "

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" My family is the engine of everything, and on a personal level, I feel peace, stability, and they give me force, which is reflected on my work, my recordings, and every time that I go out on tour. They are my base, my everything. "

" I never like to get ahead of myself. I'm not one of those people that do that. "

" I definitely try to be myself and not try to imitate other performers. That's why I got my music degree. I wanted to be prepared and not be a 'product.' I want people to know that I'm not only a singer but a musician as well. I studied guitar, piano, and composition. I believe that it's just about being myself on and off stage. "